Subject: Profiling . . . . . .To ensure we never offend anyone - particularly fanatics who intent on killing . .us - airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will . .continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids , airline pilots . .with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the . .President's security detail and 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips. . . . .Pause a moment and take the following test. . . . .In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: . .(a) Norwegians from Ballard; . .(b) Elvis; . .(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or . .(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. . . . .In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up b y: . .(a) A pizza delivery boy; . .(b) Crazed feminists screeching that being able to throw a grenade beyond its own bursting radius was an unfair and sexist requirement in basic . .training; . .(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or . .(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. . . . .In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: . .(a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2" . .(b) The Tooth Fairy; . .(c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite le ft over from the . .train thing; or . .(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. . . . .In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: . .(a) Mr. Rogers; . .(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wee Willie's women problems; . .(c) the WWF, to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless;" or . .(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. . . . .On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by: . .(a) Bugs Bunny, . .(b) the Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted hijacking . .of the 2000 Presidential election; . .(c) Mr. Bean; or . .(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. . . . .How'd you do? Did you detect a pattern that would indicate we'd better take . .a close look at a certain type of individual who might be boarding an . .airplane with something on his mind other than "What's the in-flight movie?" . . . .You think so? . . . .Horrors! You're nothing more than a closet racist who could never be hired . .as an official federal airport screener.

Kalium Chloride

19th Mar 2002, 17:21

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